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Alcântara-Terra Railway Station

Carris

Carris MetropolitanaHistoryOpened2 April 1887 (1887-04-02)Services
Preceding station Lisbon CP Following station
Terminus Azambuja Line Campolide-A
Azambuja Line
Limited service
Campolide-A
towards Azambuja

Alcântara-Terra railway station (Portuguese: Estação Ferroviária de Alcântara-Terra), is a railway station on the Cintura Line in the city of Lisbon, Portugal. The station is connected by foot to Alcântara-Mar railway station on the Cascais Line.

Services

The station is used by suburban trains of the Azambuja line during weekdays, operated by Comboios de Portugal. Trains have a headway of roughly 30 minutes when serving this station on weekdays, except during the early morning and late night. As of the most recent schedule, no trains serve this station on weekends. As a terminus station, all trains either begin or end at this station.

Station layout

The station is composed of two island platforms and a side platform serving three tracks. An additional five tracks are located adjacent to the station for stabling.

History

Alcântara-Terra railway station opened on 2 April 1887, originally as the southern terminus of the Sintra Line to Sintra. The terminus of the line was shifted to Rossio following that station's completion on 11 June 1891. Between 1991 and 2008, an elevated pedestrian overpass existed between this station and Alcântara-Mar.

Surrounding area

References

  1. ^ Portugal, Comboios de. "Alcântara-Terra station | CP - Comboios de Portugal". CP.PT | Comboios de Portugal. Retrieved 2023-10-22.
  2. ^ "Urbanos Sintra-Lisboa-Azambuja timetable" (PDF). Comboios de Portugal. 11 December 2022. Retrieved 1 October 2023.
  3. ^ "Cronologia | IP Patrimonio | Infraestruturas de Portugal". www.ippatrimonio.pt. Retrieved 2023-08-02.
  4. ^ Luís Cruz-Filipe. "A passagem de Alcântara". accounts.google.com. Archived from the original on 2015-07-15. Retrieved 2023-10-20.